“Our beach”: Antigua’s Ffryes Bay
“We love the southern side of the island — what Antiguans call the ‘country’ side. We’ve been married for twenty-two years....
St Kitts & Nevis: five centuries in two days
There are a couple of things you should know about St Kitts and Nevis before we embark on a history-steeped tour of the twin-island Eastern...
Beyond the beyond: the Shetland Islands
At the gate to the path leading up to Hermaness, there was a helpful sign explaining how to fend off a skua attack. The massive seabirds...
Baliceaux: no place like home
We set off from Bequia on a calm sea and in bright sunshine. Twenty minutes later, though, I found myself huddling beneath a waterproof...
On the wing: birdwatching in the Caribbean
Every year, from mid-December to early January, thousands of people across the Western Hemisphere get up before the crack of dawn and...
Eastern Shore: Trinidad’s dramatic east coast
From Point Galera, the furthest tip of north-east Trinidad, to Galeota Point, the last outcrop to the south-east, the island’s east coast...
Beating Namibia’s Big Daddy
After spending a week in Windhoek, capital of Namibia, we set out on the six-hour journey to Sossusvlei in a bakkie (or pickup truck),...
Vieques: playing Crusoe
“And you, sir, how much do you weigh?” The agent at the check-in counter looked up from her paperwork and gave me an assessing stare....
